In film faking explosions with non explosive means is usually cheaper and better.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 12:13 AM, Tim Halloran <televis...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Oh brother. If somebody wanted info on explosives for nefarious purposes, > they wouldn't have to come here. Get real. > > Tim > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 8, 2013, at 6:50 PM, "chris bravo" <iamdir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > check in: someone posts up on the list asking where to buy explosives and > people are engaging with him? really? > > > > > On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Steven <ste...@gladstonefilms.com> wrote: > >> So, if you are doing anything more "explosive" than Flash paper. Find >> someone who knows what they are doing and have done this before.Failing to >> respect your media, any media leads to mistakes, and with anything that >> burns or explodes. . . >> >> Sure sure I'm being overly cautious but people who load black powder are >> not blowing up models, they are different applications. >> >> How do you want to blow it up, slowly in sections, one big bang? >> Fire/Flame - not in space, probably would ruin your effect anyway. >> >> How many models can you blow up? >> Perhaps instead you want to buy some explosions and do it in electronic >> post? >> >> Remember the over-cranking calculation when working with models, which i >> can't remember right now, but I'm sure Scott Dorsey will. I think it is 1/4 >> scale model = 4x over-cranking. >> >> I once shot some balloons being shredded for an artist, we shot 5,000 fps >> (Redlake HyCam 16mm), because the artest really wanted to see his sculpture >> shredding. We found a pyro guy, who had access to everything we needed, big >> open field, and the knowledge. He chose to use what he called dust, which >> was very very fine shot in shotgun shells (who knew such things existed?) >> He built a rig to fire ten shotgun shells at once, test fired it to aim a >> few times, first time it kicked so much, we added more sand bags to hold it >> down. Then I asked the pyro guy why his head was bleeding, he said that one >> of the pipes he had wlded to the rig to use as the gun barrels had broken >> free of the weld, flown twenty feet through the air backward and took a >> piece of his hairline. A check of the rig showed another weld had broken, >> so we were down to 8 pipes/barrels. The rig didn't fire on the first roll >> of film - one power outlet on the quad box was broken - wasted 400 feet in >> about 5 seconds. But the next shot everything worked, although I doubt the >> rig would ever fire again. This was with a guy who had been doing pyro >> effects for a while, and that was what he was focussing on and studying. >> Just some food for thought. >> >> >> On 9/8/13 6:35 PM, ben.weinst...@mindspring.com wrote: >> >> Hey, >> I'm making a space pirates stop motion film and I was wondering if anyone >> knew where I could acquire black powder to blow up model space ships with. >> I know you can buy it in cans somewhere but I cant find a place in New York >> that sells any explosives. Do I have to go to the south or something? Any >> info is much appreciated. Thanx. >> >> -- >> Steven Gladstone >> New York Based >> Filmmaker917-886-5858http://www.gladstonefilms.comhttp://roadtodad.blogspot.com/http://indiekicker.reelgrok.com/http://www.blakehousemovie.comhttp://www.hellion.gladstonefilms.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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